Tag: Scott Surovell
AG Mark Herring Advisory Opinion: “current Virginia law does not permit...
See below for an opinion from AG Mark Herring's office, regarding VA05 Republican nominee Bob Good's "Gun Raffle Drawing" on 9/26.
Attorney General Herring has...
Yesterday, While We Were All Focused on the Trump/COVID Disaster, the...
With all the insanity going on in the country, probably almost none of us were paying attention yesterday to the Virginia General Assembly. Fortunately,...
Video: VA Senate Debates, Approves – Along Party Lines – Sen....
See below for video of yesterday's Virginia State Senate debate and vote approving Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D-SD10)'s SB5035 ("Law-enforcement civilian oversight body; locality authorized...
Video: Unhinged Ad by VA State Sen. Bryce Reeves (R) Shows,...
Among other things, this new Facebook ad by far-right Virginia State Sen. Bryce Reeves (R) shows that Facebook has no problem allowing wild lies...
Video, Highlights From This Morning’s Virginia State Crime Commission Meeting on...
See below for video and highlights - courtesy of the indispensable VAPLAN - from this morning's Virginia State Crime Commission meeting. In the end,...
VA State Sen. Scott Surovell (D) Rips Far-Right Extremist Sen. Tom...
Good to see Sen. Scott Surovell pushing back on far-right-extremist Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas)'s attack on Surovell's bill, SB5032, which - in spite of...
Video: Virginia State Senate Debates, Passes (21-15) Sen. Surovell’s Bill Eliminating...
See below for video from yesterday's debate on Sen. Scott Surovell's SB5032, which "Eliminates the mandatory minimum term of confinement for an assault and...
Video: Virginia Senate Dems Push Back *Hard* on Senate R’s Demagoguery,...
Earlier this afternoon, the Virginia State Senate began debating the issue of criminal justice reform. Or, at least, Democrats attempted to have a fact-and-reality-based,...
Republicans on Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee All Reject Police Reform
From the Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus:
REPUBLICANS ON SENATE JUDICIARY REJECT POLICE REFORM
RICHMOND – Today, the Republicans of the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected Senator Mamie...
Video: VA Senate Dems Discuss Their Police Reform Legislation
Yesterday, Virginia Senate Democrats unveiled police reform legislation Thursday they hope to adopt during a special session of the General Assembly later this...